Thomas Shelby
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Thomas Shelby is the cunning and ambitious leader of the Shelby crime family and central protagonist of the British television series "Peaky Blinders."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Shelby canonical | 17 |
| Tommy Shelby | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350696 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Shelby Context triple: [Peaky Blinders, character, Thomas Shelby]
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A.
Lord Forbes
Lord Forbes is a Scottish peerage title, one of the oldest in Scotland, traditionally held by the chief of Clan Forbes.
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B.
Mason Verger
Mason Verger is a wealthy, sadistic child molester and disfigured victim of Hannibal Lecter who becomes a primary antagonist in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal novels and their adaptations.
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C.
Eric Beale
Eric Beale is a highly skilled and quirky technical operator and intelligence analyst on the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles."
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D.
Alec Trevelyan
Alec Trevelyan is the primary antagonist and former 00 agent in the James Bond film "GoldenEye," who betrays MI6 and opposes Bond.
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E.
Peregrine Maitland
Peregrine Maitland was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served in several key imperial posts in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Shelby Target entity description: Thomas Shelby is the cunning and ambitious leader of the Shelby crime family and central protagonist of the British television series "Peaky Blinders."
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A.
Lord Forbes
Lord Forbes is a Scottish peerage title, one of the oldest in Scotland, traditionally held by the chief of Clan Forbes.
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B.
Mason Verger
Mason Verger is a wealthy, sadistic child molester and disfigured victim of Hannibal Lecter who becomes a primary antagonist in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal novels and their adaptations.
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C.
Eric Beale
Eric Beale is a highly skilled and quirky technical operator and intelligence analyst on the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles."
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D.
Alec Trevelyan
Alec Trevelyan is the primary antagonist and former 00 agent in the James Bond film "GoldenEye," who betrays MI6 and opposes Bond.
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E.
Peregrine Maitland
Peregrine Maitland was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served in several key imperial posts in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alias | Tommy Shelby ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Peaky Blinders ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical Peaky Blinders gang ⓘ |
| child |
Charles Shelby
ⓘ
Ruby Shelby ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Steven Knight ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish Traveller descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Shelby ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Peaky Blinders universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Peaky Blinders
|
| firstAppearance | Peaky Blinders, Series 1 Episode 1 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thomas Michael Shelby
ⓘ
linked to:
Tommy Shelby
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama character ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Sergeant Major ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
Birmingham Pals battalion
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham Pals
|
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assassination attempt on Oswald Mosley
ⓘ
returned from World War I with shell shock ⓘ |
| notableWork | expansion of Shelby Company Limited ⓘ |
| occupation |
Member of Parliament
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ gangster ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
cunning ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation |
Labour Party (fictional depiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
Labour Party (UK)
|
| portrayedBy | Cillian Murphy ⓘ |
| position |
chairman of Shelby Company Limited
ⓘ
head of the Peaky Blinders ⓘ leader of the Shelby crime family ⓘ |
| relative | Polly Gray ⓘ |
| residence | Birmingham ⓘ |
| setting |
Birmingham, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
| sibling |
Ada Shelby
ⓘ
Arthur Shelby ⓘ Finn Shelby ⓘ John Shelby ⓘ |
| spouse |
Grace Shelby
ⓘ
Lizzie Shelby ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| title | O.B.E. recipient (fictional) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Shelby Description of subject: Thomas Shelby is the cunning and ambitious leader of the Shelby crime family and central protagonist of the British television series "Peaky Blinders."
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thomas Shelby